Month: December 2012

I’ve had a weird year. I’m not going into it. Some things have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams, somethings have crashed and burned, some things drag dully on till you don’t know if you can go on dealing with them (the post about the central heating fiasco will probably appear in the New Year when… Read more

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Welcome to our clean, tidy and very cold house. After much angst, time on the phone and three visits from our engineer, we still don’t have reliable central heating, but we do have an open fire, a working cooker and an immersion heater, so we will be counting our blessings and enjoying each other’s company… Read more

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It’s done. Everything clean and fresh and full of light. Books and pictures back. Some things moved around a little. And some things back where they were. It’s not so different, but it’s calmer, simpler, more serene. As I hope next year will be. A few new followers have recently joined up – you are… Read more

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These are old photos, taken about this time of year, but two years ago. That’s because the last couple of weeks have been taken up with family things – our son’s graduation (in nursing – with distinction – which is an enormous pleasure) my mother’s move into residential care, and absorbing the outside school responsibilities… Read more